Thursday, May 30, 2013

French Open--what they said

I was a little bit surprised the way she's hitting on the court. Well done for her.
Li Na

I knew she wasn't going to give it to me.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands

I haven't done too well with the delays. During the first wait I played on my phone, in the second I went to sleep. You literally have nothing to do. Should I eat? Do cartwheels? You have no idea. Last week in Brussels I had my nails done, and went and made chocolate. Then I played a match on the same day-- chocolate. Obviously the nails and chocolate weren't a good combination.
Sloane Stephens

She looked a little like a 1930s newsboy. But instead of delivering newspapers, Mattek-Sands delivered the biggest upset of this year's French Open so far by beating the 2011 champ 5-7, 6-3, 6-2..
Jim Caple

This is is not about tennis, it’s about something inside, and in this tournament I found something in myself.
Zuzana Kucova, bidding farewell to her care

I had a lot of food allergies, and it made a world of difference when I switched that up.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands

I usually have a song in my head.During the whole match?
Between
points or at a change of ends. Or if they play music at the change of
ends or the U.S. Open, I have the song in my head for the next two
games.And it doesn't hurt your concentration?
No, it's actually a
way for me to know if I'm concentrated or not. But if I'm good, I can
look at people in the crowd, I can tell you who ate what, who drank
what. It's pretty amazing.
Marion Bartoli

I STILL Stand With Maria

About the blog author

Diane Elayne Dees is a writer, a semi-retired psychotherapist in private practice, and a life-long fan of women's professional tennis.

For several years, Diane published the progressive blog, The Dees Diversion, and she also contributed regularly to the Mother Jones MoJo Blog. Diane has published political essays, short fiction and creative nonfiction. For the past several years, she has concentrated on writing poetry (Diane has written several tennis-themed poems).